DARK SECRETS: 5 - The Real Truth

Season Split: The Only Places Where Two Climates Meet

Where Nature Breaks Her Own Rules Most places follow the same rhythm of nature-summer, monsoon, winter, repeat. But some places break the pattern. These are landscapes where two seasons exist together, side-by-side, at the same moment. While one part sings of winter, another blooms in spring. While one hill turns…

MyLifeXP · Nov 25, 2025

At JNU, the battle of ideologies drowns out the battle for change

The presidential debate for Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Students’ Union election took place on the night of November 2 – echoing not just with campus politics but also expressions of solidarity with Ladakh and jailed activist Sonam Wangchuk, Gaza, Sudan, and other global humanitarian causes.

Newslaundry · Nov 3, 2025

Most unemployed graduates, ‘no progress’, Agniveer dilemma: Ladakh’s generation in crisis

Unemployment is brewing frustration among Ladakh’s youth, and the scale of the job crisis is clear even in official data. 

Newslaundry · Oct 24, 2025

Govt ‘idiotically misinterpreted’ organisation’s reply: Sonam Wangchuk’s wife on FCRA license cancellation

While cancelling the FCRA licence of an organisation founded by Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on September 25 said that the Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (Secmol) received foreign funds to study the national sovereignty against the “national interest” and in violation…

Newslaundry · Sep 27, 2025

Ladakh statehood activist arrested days after violent crackdown by Modi

Sonam Wangchuk, who has been agitating against the government, was on his way to speak at a press briefing

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2025

Crackdown on protests in remote Himalayan region after clashes turn deadly

Rare agitation shakes strategic Indian region bordering China

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

Dozens injured in remote Ladakh after protesters seeking self-rule clash with India police

Hundreds of people in Ladakh have clashed with law enforcement while demanding federal statehood from the Indian government

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

BJP office torched, Ladakh tense, several injured in clashes

A BJP office was torched while the situation in Leh town turned tense amid stone-pelting, teargas, and baton charges.

Newslaundry · Sep 24, 2025

Royal Enfield Teases Its First All-Electric Motorcycle Again, and Its With a Test

Royal Enfield is clearly serious about the capability of the Flying Flea C6, as it took it to the steep mountainous roads of Ladakh, India.

RideApart · Aug 21, 2025

Photos of a Buddhist festival show ritual dances in India’s Ladakh

One by one, 13 Buddhist monks wearing brightly colored silk costumes and wide-brimmed black hats, stepped onto the rectangular courtyard of the Hemis monastery. They began a ritual dance to a slow rhythm set by drums, cymbals and horns.

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025